Vertically Stacked Solar Array Prototype
This blog post is written with the intention of highlighting the importance of solar innovations in a fast-growing solar industry and specific aspects regarding the challenges and constraints faced in implementing them.
The particular case study of focus here is a vertically stacked solar array prototype developed by Mr T. R. Jayaraman. It is referred to as ‘Madil Raja’ due to its’ suitability to be easily placed over a parapet. The prototype is displayed in the figure below.
Figure 1: Mr. T. R. Jayaraman (Right) and Mr. K. Gopinath who assisted in programming and electronics, with the prototype
The model has been developed […]
Rooftop Solar in a Chennai IT Park – Shriram-The Gateway Goes Solar the BOOT Way
Motivation
Urged by the need to fulfill the RPO norms and to set an example in sustainability, Shriram-The Gateway, a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) situated in Chennai has gone solar by setting up rooftop solar power plants over their buildings.
The management believed that installing a solar system can help attract multinational companies to set up offices in the SEZ. Having a solar installation can facilitate getting a LEED certification for best-in-class building practices.
Reinforcing their motive to go solar is the availability of the option to go for OPEX financing model where the customer does not have to pay any upfront costs. Under the OPEX model, the solution […]
Amplus Solar – Accelerating Solar OPEX Model in India
Solar is a highly dynamic industry, with a vast number of developers, EPCs and businesses trying to establish their foothold over the market.
While the conventional rooftop solar sector has been mainly driven by rooftop owners investing their capital to build the solar power plant, in the last 3 years, a more innovative model has been growing – this has been variously called the BOO (Build Own Operate) or OPEX (Operating Expense as against the traditional Capex or Capital Expense model) or PPA model (as in this case the owner of the rooftop signs a PPA to purchase solar power from a developer who installs and maintains […]
nPulse – Solar Project Management Software for Efficient Implementation
With the Indian government keen on achieving the 100 GW solar power target set as part of the JNNSM mission, solar projects are being implemented at a blistering pace. As the scale and number of small and large MW-scale projects being undertaken increases, the complexities associated with the implementation of these also increase.
As with any infrastructure projects, there are multiple organizations that come together to execute the project. Information flow across these organizations is often slow and chaotic. The project management team’s objective is to keep the project’s execution within budget and on time. They typically use multiple reports to […]
Anatomy of a High Quality Solar Power Plant – Solar Mango’s Analysis of a High Performing 2 MW Power Plant
Talk to most developers or EPCs and they will tell you that developing a solar power plant is really simple, with the power plant itself having few moving parts and with most of the components fairly well understood.
Is it really that simple to put up a solar power plant? Yes and No.
Yes, if all you wish is to put up a solar power plant that is just good enough.
No, if you wish to put up a great solar power plant.
A great solar power plant? Now, what on earth could that mean? And how could a great solar power plant be […]
Is it possible to use my rooftop after installing a rooftop solar power plant?
A rooftop solar power plant requires about 100 Sq.Ft for every 1 kW of panels, generating about 4 kWh per day. If you require 100 kWh of solar power per day you will need 25 kW of solar panels occupying 2,500 Sq.Ft. of shadow free roof area.
In India it is quite common for the roof to be used for other purposes as well e.g., some of our clients are companies who have their lunch room on the roof as a temporary structure. They are concerned that they will not be able to use the roof space for their lunch room […]